there was a level of violence newark had not seen before. it brought us together. it brought us together from our respective traditions and the hope and peace that we try to offer the city of newark and now the whole country is trying to offer similar kind of hope and peace to newtown and beyond. >> and imam, how do you do that with the people of newark? and the people at your mosque? >> in our community the city of newark in which of course i was raised it is unfortunate that we experience this loss and so we certainly understand the tragedy of newtown because this kind of loss in terms of children's lives being taken is something that happens too often in the cities so the violence perpetrated by people who are disturbed and people who are depressed, this mental illness that is plaguing our cities is something that, unfortunately, is plaguing, has been plaguing the inner city for quite sometime. so we have to understand that, you know, the message of hope and the message of peace begins with the language that we begin to share with our young people and that langu